Royal Bengal Tiger is without doubt the most fascinating wild animal today. It is the national animal of Bangladesh. It has ruled the roost of major felid species for most part of the current century. Royal Bengal Tiger is reddish orange with narrow black, gray or brown stripes, generally in a vertical direction. The underside is creamy or white; a rare variant has a chalky white coat with darker stripes and icy blue eyes. The weight is, male 225 kg , female 135 kg. It is the largest existing member of the cat family. It is called so because of its royal look and is available in Bengal or Bangladesh (Sundarbans). It feeds on medium to large prey such as pigs, deer, antelopes, and buffalo

Some interesting facts:

1. Since tigers hunt mostly at dusk and dawn their stripes help them hide in the shadows of tall grasses. They stalk and pounce because they are not able to chase prey a long distance.

2. The territorial male tiger usually travels alone, marking his boundaries with urine, droppings, and scratch marks to warn off trespassers.

3. A tiger can consume as much as 40 kg (88 lb.) of meat in one feeding.

4. Tigers may drag their prey to water to eat. They are commonly seen in the shade or wading in pools to cool off.

5. Since white tigers have pigmented stripes and blue eyes, they are not albinos.

6. It is estimated that there are less than 3,000 Bengal tigers left in the wild.

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ABOUT TIGERS
The tiger (Panthera tigris) is the largest cat species, reaching a total body length of up to 3.3 metres (11 ft) and weighing up to 306 kg (670 lb). They are the third largest land carnivore (behind only the Polar bear and the Brown bear). Their most recognizable feature is a pattern of dark vertical stripes on reddish-orange fur. There are nine subspecies of tiger, three of which are extinct. Their historical range in Bangladesh, Siberia, Iran, Afghanistan, India, China, and southeast Asia, including three Indonesian islands is severely diminished today.
 The Bengaltiger
 The Indochinese Tiger
 The Malayan Tiger
 The Sumatran Tiger
 The Siberian tiger
 The South China tiger
EXTINCT SPECIES
 The Bali tiger
 The Caspian tiger
 The Javan tiger
Colour variations
White tigers Formed by the intermixing of various subspecies and genes of various tigers
Golden tiger
Maltese tiger which is blue or slate colored
Fast facts
Tigers that live in cold northern areas are usually bigger and heavier than those that live in tropical habitats.
No two tigers have exactly the same pattern of stripes.
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